F.T.C. v. MANUFACTURERS HANOVER CONSUMER SERVICES

Misc. No. 81-363.

567 F.Supp. 992 (1983)

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. MANUFACTURERS HANOVER CONSUMER SERVICES, INC., Credico Financial, Inc., General Finance Corporation, Domestic Finance Corporation, BarclaysAmerican Corporation, Postal Finance Co.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie Rice Melman, Washington, D.C., for F.T.C.

Cecelia F. Wambold, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., and Joseph W. Gelb, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, for Domestic Finance Corp.

Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, Pa., and Robert J. Lepri, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for General Finance Corp., BarclaysAmerican Corp. and Postal Finance Co.

Edward F. Mannino, Philadelphia, Pa., for Manufacturers Hanover Consumer Service, Inc.

Edward C. Toole, Jr., Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., and Elizabeth Head, H. Jo Schneider, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Credico Financial, Inc.


MEMORANDUM and ORDER

SHAPIRO, District Judge.

This proceeding arises from a nationwide investigation by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") into certain credit practices. The investigation and litigation it instigated were described as follows by District Judge Charles Schwartz, Jr., United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana:

This proceeding was invoked by the Federal Trade Commission (Commission) pursuant to Section 20...

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